Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Francesco Ricatti is Cassamarca Senior Lecturer in Italian Studies, and coordinator of the Italian program at Monash University. His main research interest is in participatory and creative approaches to the study of transcultural urban communities. In this area, he has received research funding from the National Geographic, and the Australasian Centre for Italian Studies. He has studied extensively the history of Italians is Australia, and his most recent book, Italians In Australia: History, Memory and Identity, was published by Palgrave in 2018. He is passionate about oral history and creative approaches to history, and is currently the President of Oral History Victoria and the Chair of the Editorial Board of the Oral History Australia Journal. He also researches in football studies with a particular interest in the cultural history of AS Roma and Francesco Totti.
Research interests
Transcultural studies; migration studies; Italian, Australian and transnational history; football Studies; oral history; participatory research and digital storytelling; history of emotions; creative writing
Supervision interests
Transcultural studies; migration studies; Italian, Australian and transnational history; football Studies; oral history; participatory research and digital storytelling; history of emotions; creative writing
Monash teaching commitment
Coordination of the Italian major
Italian Introductory 1 and 2
Italian Proficient 2
New writing in Italy
Community service
President, Oral History Victoria
External positions
Adjunct Senior Lecturer in Creative Humanities, University of the Sunshine Coast
Jul 2017 → Jul 2019Research area keywords
- Italian history
- Australian history
- Transnational history
- Migration studies
- Transcultural studies
- Football studies
- Oral history
- Participatory research
- Creative writing
- Italian Studies
Network
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Projects
- 3 Finished
Youth in the city: one place many cultures - Matteo Dutto
Dutto, M., Wilson, R., Ricatti, F., Iaconesi, S., Persico, O. & Simeone, L.
15/04/19 → 31/05/20
Project: Research
Youth in the city: one place many cultures
Wilson, R., Ricatti, F., Dutto, M., Iaconesi, S., Persico, O. & Simeone, L.
15/04/19 → 31/05/20
Project: Research
Research Output
#YouthintheCity: Re-imagining a Superdiverse City through the Voices of its Youth
Dutto, M., Ricatti, F. & Wilson, R., 2020, London UK : Digital Modern Languages.Research output: Other contribution › Other
Open Access
Embodied memories of trauma: oral history and archetypes
Ricatti, F., 2019, In : Oral History Australia Journal. 41, p. 57-63 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Ethnic enclave or transcultural edge? Reassessing the Prato district through digital mapping
Ricatti, F., Dutto, M. & Wilson, R., 2019, In : Modern Italy. 24, 4, p. 369-381 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access
File
Forum. Towards a Decolonial History of Italian Migration to Australia
Ricatti, F., Balla, P., Dutto, M., Kinder, J., Pallotta-Chiarolli, M., Pugliese, J. & Verdina, F., 2019, In : AltreItalie: international journal of studies on the peoples of Italian origin in the world. 59, p. 8-15 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Other › peer-review
Re-Creating Home and Exploring Away in New Cities: Italian Migration and Football Codes Within Australian Urban Centres
Klugman, M. & Ricatti, F., 13 Apr 2019, In : International Journal of the History of Sport. 36, 6, p. 513-531 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Press / Media
Mobs and Wogs: Being Indigenous with Southern European Migrant Heritage [SBS Italian]
31/05/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Profile/Interview
Memorie di migranti italiani [SBS Italian]
12/04/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Profile/Interview
Let's make Italian the language of the future [Il Globo]
12/02/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Article/Feature
I giovani italo-australiani ispirano fiducia [Il Globo]
Rita Wilson & Francesco Ricatti
20/12/18
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Blogs, Podcasts and Social Media › Blogs
Cosa significa essere italiani per i nipoti degli immigrati? [SBS Italian]
7/12/18
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Profile/Interview